CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0012
ARIANE 5 DEB
ARIANE 5 DEB (NORAD 45486) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 January 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
45486
International designator
2016-014C
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
9 Mar 2016Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jan 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 10 months1,770 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
0.7°N to 0.7°SFinal inclination 0.7°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 0.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 0.7°N and 0.7°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Jan 2021
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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